Selectmen OK boundary line change for electric vehicle charging station
By ALLAN STEIN | Sep 15, 2015
SPRINGFIELD — A boundary line issue that dogged construction of a new electric vehicle charging station on Main Street has been resolved with Springfield Selectmen voting to give full control of the disputed area to Claremont Savings Bank (CSB).
On Monday, the four-member board unanimously voted to approve the boundary line adjustment agreement reached on June 30.
The disputed boundary line overlapped five CSB parking spaces that run parallel and perpendicular to the electric vehicle charging station.
The town hired Wayne McCutcheon Associates Inc. of Claremont to do a border survey on Dec. 8, 2014.
Officials said the electric vehicle charging station is scheduled to go online this month. The project was spearheaded by the non-profit Springfield On the Move (SOM) and funded was by a $27,000 grant and $12,000 in matching funds from the town.
The project was a joint effort of SOM, the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission, HB Energy, and Green Mountain Power, which owns the power station.
SOM executive director Carol Lighthall said the town will lease the use of parking space for two vehicles.
The charging station is equipped with a standard connector designed to service most electric vehicles with up to 240 volts per charge. The cost per battery charge is roughly $2 using a special card-swipe payment system.
Town officials said they are hopeful the central location of the charging station will entice motorists to visit the downtown and spend money to stimulate the local economy.

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Let me see if I can get this straight. The town puts in a charging station, but the land that cars would park on to be charged belongs to Claremont Savings Bank, and the town ends up leasing parking spaces from the bank in order to access their charging station. WOW

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